On kunstbericht.ch, artists huber.huber and poet Jürg Halter have been expanding their weekly Thursday blog since May 2012 with pictures and texts to create a „Collection of lost things“. By the end of 2012, this open dialogue between art and literature will give rise to an „art report“ – a project initiated and supported by Nationale Suisse.
The art report with the „Collection of lost things“ invites readers to discover and experience contemporary Swiss artistic and literary creation. The two Zurich-based artists huber.huber (Markus and Reto Huber) and Bernese poet Jürg Halter (also known as rapper Kutti MC) focus on the supposedly banal and seek out the unusual within the usual in the public sphere. In this virtual art space, the Hubers and Halter take on not only an artistic but also a curatorial role with their blog. Visitors to the website can thus follow the creation of a fictitious collection.

An Artistic Work as Part of the 2013 Financial Reporting Process
The art report is not only a further commitment to art on the part of Nationale Suisse but will also be an integral element of our concept for the 2013 financial reporting process, which is dedicated to the topic of art. It will feature an artistic work that is developing in parallel to the figures for the current business year.

huber.huber
Since they graduated from the University for Design and Art in Zurich (now ZHdK) in 2005, the twin brothers Markus and Reto Huber (*1975 Münsterlingen), have been working together under the label huber.huber.

Over the past years, huber.huber have attracted attention chiefly with their collages and drawings, but also with sculptural works and installations.
The main themes of their work circle around the ambivalent relation between civilization and nature. huber.huber deal with current social questions. Hope, fears, belief and the failure of humanity become a central topic. Their surprising juxtaposition and their special irony and oddity makes them convincing. In the putative idyll the abyss always lurks.

huber.huber's multilayered work has been shown in a variety of galleries and a number of group exhibitions in Switzerland and abroad. With „Vor der Vergangenheit“ (Before the Past) in 2008 the Kunsthaus Glarus dedicated the first sizable institutional solo exhibition to huber.huber. This was followed in 2009 with a further large solo exhibition under the title „I cani non hanno anima“ (Dogs Do Not Have A Soul) at the Cantonal Art Museum Lugano. In 2015 the Aargauer Kunsthaus showed the solo exhibition „And suddenly the sun set“.

2005 they received a studio scholarship in New York by the Municipality of Zurich. 2006 they won the «Kulturpreis Julius Baer», 2007 the sponsorship aware of the UBS Culture Foundation. In 2009 they were nominated for the prestigious Vordemberge-Gildewart Preis. 2015 huber.huber won the Grant by the Canton Zurich.